Been crashing from WoW and Blue Screening Lately

I am not sure if these two issues are even remotely connected, but lately I have been experiencing a lot of fatal error WoW crashes, one was before I even got to the log in screen, and the other was as soon as I loaded into SM (Had to have GM port me out of here since I crashed every time I tried to get back on).

I also have blue screened twice in the past week, and I hadn't ever blue screened up until this point. In general, my computer seems to be running slower (alt tabbing from the game to an internet bowser sometimes takes awhile), but that may be just normal wear and tear.

General Information

CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500k CPU @ 3.30 GHz 3.60 GHz

Motherboard - Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4

RAM - 8.00 GB (3.17 GB usable)

Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Operating System - Windows 7 32bit

Let me know if you need any other information. Any tips would be greatly appreciated

Your hardware is pretty decent but you are shooting yourself in both feet by running Windows 7 (32bit) because of a limitation known as the 3GB barrier (read the description on Wikipedia - my post count is too low to post links :/ )

To take full advantage of your machine's hardware capabilities, I highly recommend that you get the 64bit version of Windows 7 installed. It will be a massive performance improvement - seriously.

Yes, it will be a pain in the ass to reinstall everything (64bit drivers, software, etc etc) but its totally worth it.

Here's a few things you can also try in the meantime btw:

- close your browers before starting WoW (you will be surprised at how much memory is consumed by Internet Explorer, FireFox or Chrome tabs)
- lower your WoW graphic settings (looks like you are running WoW in "DirectX 11 mode" with high/ultra settings - change this to "DirectX 9 mode" via the launcher options, and then once you get back in game, lower the graphics quality settings)

This will free up some memory, but the best thing you can do is just get Windows 7 (64-bit).

I should point out that it's HIGHLY unlikely that ram being limited is the issue. WoW uses at most a bout 1.2gb ram, and other browsing ought to use no more than another gb. I've been running WoW perfectly fine since forever on 2-3gb. I only upgraded a couple months ago. If there is an issue, it's either with the software, or a hardware problem, but I wouldn't be looking at the literal 'lack of ram' as the problem.

Out of curiousity, WHY are you running Win 32bit with 8gb of ram? If you're running a bootleg copy of Windows, it may be the culprit.

Your latest crash log just confirms my suspicions: your current graphic settings are too high for Windows 7 (32-bit), causing the wow process to run out of memory. In that log, it tried (and failed) to allocate a really small amount of memory (4mb) :/

You need to upgrade to Windows 7 (64-bit) so you can enjoy all the eye-candy - but if you dont want to do that right now, then lower your graphic settings. The game wont look as pretty, but at least it will be stable & playable.

For example, a high view distance uses a lot of memory (check its tooltip), so start by lowering that. Another good option to lower is the 'shadow quality' - yours is set to ultra, which takes a surprising amount of processing power & memory, so you'll probably crash in populated areas with lots of people running/flying past. Check the other options too - they all make a difference.

On my system which is ancient (Intel QX9650 quad-core, Win7-64bit, 4GB ram, Radeon HD4870x2), my wow process goes from ~2GB when on 'ultra' settings, down to ~1.2GB when on 'good' settings. I'll upload the screenshots once my post count is high enough, grrr.

Anyway, I know you've been running just fine for the last 18months, but that was the Cataclysm game engine - things have changed a lot with Mop.

May I upload my wow errors and blue screens here in this post aswell. Since I have gotten the same problem as Stommped has kinda. Tho I run my system win 7 64 bit with highest resolution. The errors I get when my wow crashes is almost the same. It referes to memory but not what memory. Ram or Graphic card.
Regards Thomas

If you can get the BSOD codes for us that would be excellent. Typically they're 0x######## where # is hex characters, not just integers. Occasionally it will have an origination file of the BSOD. For example, when using an Intel board, if you change your SATA mode from AHCI to IDE or vice versa you will get a BSOD from iaStor.sys almost instantly when Windows begins loading. If it has an origination file it could be as simple as updating your drivers. You mention your OS is bootleg. I know some bootleg copies are unable to use the Windows Update service. If yours is capable you should definitely run important updates and check optional for any updated drivers. You could also get a bootable freeware suite to run hardware tests to determine if hardware is failing. It could even be rootkit related as most rootkits infect drivers and/or crucial system processes and are rarely detected by A/V from within the OS. Personally, if I were working on your system, I'd scan the hardware, reload with Win7x64, run some stress tests (24 hours+), and call it done.

TIP: Press F8 during Windows loading and disable "Automatic restart on system failure". This will keep the BSOD up rather than just flashing it and rebooting.

Last edited by Priestiality; 2013-01-31 at 08:24 AM.

Originally Posted by TheGravemind

If I was in his boots (and forced to join the SS in 1939 or whenever he joined), I would have tried to liberate the camp myself or die trying. He did not. He traded his life for the life of thousands of people, thus he should face the consequences

Originally Posted by Proberly

Oh would you now? It truly is amazing how many heroic people we have wasting their time on internet.

May I upload my wow errors and blue screens here in this post aswell. Since I have gotten the same problem as Stommped has kinda. Tho I run my system win 7 64 bit with highest resolution. The errors I get when my wow crashes is almost the same. It referes to memory but not what memory. Ram or Graphic card.
Regards Thomas